There are so many wonderful places to brand your name. Over the course of time your name speaks volumes to those that come to know you. Being kind, gentle and sincere will bring many to remember you.
I've recently learned of a website, which has been around for many years now, I knew nothing about it. Curiously I took the time to take a peek at what this company offers. I was totally wowed! I learned that by purchasing a domain of my name dot com, I am pushing myself every time I send someone to my website! These folks will remember my name before remembering a very long url.
If you haven't done so already, take the time to take a look for yourself, It's pretty powerful stuff!
http://website.ws/derhine/
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
We are teachers of kindness, with a giving heart
Mother earth is alive once again. I love spring time. With the bulbs giving birth to beautiful flowers, planted from the previous fall, as proof positive our hard work has paid off. We can sit on our front porches as we admire their beauty and gratify in the fact that we played a small roll in the new burst of color and of course all the wonderful aromas.
Just as spring brings on promise of new birth, we too must prepare ourselves for our new birth, in that we look forward to all the funtastic things we, as internet marketers, get to play with. Shop windows will take on beach front invitations with all the latest in swim wear fashions, picnic accessories, outdoor play activities, and of course b.b.q.'s.
Vacation planing is also one of the more fun times of spring and summer. Young adults will be graduating, as they dream of college. Their lives are taking on a whole new aspect of life! Freedom and responsibility as an adult. While still the younger children dream of playing outdoors, riding their bikes with friends and neighbors, consumed in the idea of not getting up at six o`clock, to greet the big yellow bus!
Summer time brings about social gatherings with friends and neighbors, and family fun time. Dancing in the rain, water balloon fights, camping and so much more. It is a time for travel and play. Pool parties, out door dinner parties, horse shoes clinging as they meet their mark. A time to relax, and have fun!
What are the plans of internet marketers? Simply to make these fun times happen. Offering all those wonderful amenities to those that seek us out. Offering a way for the extra spending money to become available to those who need us. Teaching them a way to prepare for the next seasons change. That is what we offer. We do this with great kindness, and a giving heart, as we make ready, those that seek us out. Nothing but top shelf will do. We are teachers. Did you get your apple today?
The preparation for us, as marketers, lies in the shop windows of our stores. Mine is still in the works as I want to fine tune my presentation to the world. Still in the learning stages, I scramble about looking at others who have their shop windows complete. (I love to window shop) I am still looking for that one item to give, to offer, that no one else has....separating myself from the rest, standing out, shouting, without ever having to open my mouth to utter a word. Are your shop windows ready for the new season? If so.. what really makes you unique?
Just as spring brings on promise of new birth, we too must prepare ourselves for our new birth, in that we look forward to all the funtastic things we, as internet marketers, get to play with. Shop windows will take on beach front invitations with all the latest in swim wear fashions, picnic accessories, outdoor play activities, and of course b.b.q.'s.
Vacation planing is also one of the more fun times of spring and summer. Young adults will be graduating, as they dream of college. Their lives are taking on a whole new aspect of life! Freedom and responsibility as an adult. While still the younger children dream of playing outdoors, riding their bikes with friends and neighbors, consumed in the idea of not getting up at six o`clock, to greet the big yellow bus!
Summer time brings about social gatherings with friends and neighbors, and family fun time. Dancing in the rain, water balloon fights, camping and so much more. It is a time for travel and play. Pool parties, out door dinner parties, horse shoes clinging as they meet their mark. A time to relax, and have fun!
What are the plans of internet marketers? Simply to make these fun times happen. Offering all those wonderful amenities to those that seek us out. Offering a way for the extra spending money to become available to those who need us. Teaching them a way to prepare for the next seasons change. That is what we offer. We do this with great kindness, and a giving heart, as we make ready, those that seek us out. Nothing but top shelf will do. We are teachers. Did you get your apple today?
The preparation for us, as marketers, lies in the shop windows of our stores. Mine is still in the works as I want to fine tune my presentation to the world. Still in the learning stages, I scramble about looking at others who have their shop windows complete. (I love to window shop) I am still looking for that one item to give, to offer, that no one else has....separating myself from the rest, standing out, shouting, without ever having to open my mouth to utter a word. Are your shop windows ready for the new season? If so.. what really makes you unique?
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
When was the last time you saw your inner child?
How many times have we made the comment, 'I'd love to visit this state or that national park'?...but never took the time. Life has a tendency to junk up our minds, so we forget about the spoken word shortly after having spoken it.
I'd love to hop on a motor bike on a beautiful summers day and ride into the mountains. Just to sit next to a water fall, take my shoes off, roll up my pant legs, and plop my feet into the cool, inviting water. Lay down on a blanket, looking up into the tree lined sky while making pictures of passing clouds. I cannot remember the last time I did this. I just know how much I miss it, and need it! I miss the peace our earth has to offer. I miss the oneness with mother nature. Leonardo De Vinci described a cloud as "bodies without surface", according to The Cloud Appreciation Society.
Our lives can make us so busy we forget about such simple things. These simple little things cannot to be lost in the shuffle, as in our life, they can make us our most happy. Isn't it time to take an adventure again? To forget for a few days that we are adults with responsibilities, and take that adventure to heart? Letting our inner child out to play, the inner child that still exist in each and everyone of us, you know the one? I feel certain that everyone is still in touch with their wholesome, young child of their youth.
I can tell you this about myself, I love amusement parks. While driving down the road seeing a Ferris Wheel off at a distance, my stomach turns up side down with excitement! As a child my mother would take my brothers and sisters and I to the county fair. We would all have fun to the point of exhaustion. Must we always have to be so busy? Busy to the point of exhaustion?...No, we do not.
Our main purpose in this time we have on earth, is to have the desires of our heart. We are intended, expected even, to enjoy our selves, to be happy. To let our hair down once in a while and just get foot loose and fancy free! Starting today I want to make a pact with all of my readers...I, Lana Benton,<<your name goes here) will on this day, March 26, 2008, promise to allow my inner child out once a month, for the rest of my stay here on this earth. I promise to be happy, joyful, carefree, and fully take in all of my surroundings, while giving thanks to my Lord for His wonderful gifts. I promise to leave my home, fill up my gas tank and drive to the nearest spot, where ever that may be, to allow my mind to rest, and allow my inner child out to play.
Will you join me? Will you make the commitment to allow your inner child out at least once a month? Will you be the person I meet at the water fall or the amusement park? Will you be at the park laying a blanket looking up into the sky and giggling at the art you see formed in the clouds? Come on, let me see you smile!
I'd love to hop on a motor bike on a beautiful summers day and ride into the mountains. Just to sit next to a water fall, take my shoes off, roll up my pant legs, and plop my feet into the cool, inviting water. Lay down on a blanket, looking up into the tree lined sky while making pictures of passing clouds. I cannot remember the last time I did this. I just know how much I miss it, and need it! I miss the peace our earth has to offer. I miss the oneness with mother nature. Leonardo De Vinci described a cloud as "bodies without surface", according to The Cloud Appreciation Society.
Our lives can make us so busy we forget about such simple things. These simple little things cannot to be lost in the shuffle, as in our life, they can make us our most happy. Isn't it time to take an adventure again? To forget for a few days that we are adults with responsibilities, and take that adventure to heart? Letting our inner child out to play, the inner child that still exist in each and everyone of us, you know the one? I feel certain that everyone is still in touch with their wholesome, young child of their youth.
I can tell you this about myself, I love amusement parks. While driving down the road seeing a Ferris Wheel off at a distance, my stomach turns up side down with excitement! As a child my mother would take my brothers and sisters and I to the county fair. We would all have fun to the point of exhaustion. Must we always have to be so busy? Busy to the point of exhaustion?...No, we do not.
Our main purpose in this time we have on earth, is to have the desires of our heart. We are intended, expected even, to enjoy our selves, to be happy. To let our hair down once in a while and just get foot loose and fancy free! Starting today I want to make a pact with all of my readers...I, Lana Benton,<<your name goes here) will on this day, March 26, 2008, promise to allow my inner child out once a month, for the rest of my stay here on this earth. I promise to be happy, joyful, carefree, and fully take in all of my surroundings, while giving thanks to my Lord for His wonderful gifts. I promise to leave my home, fill up my gas tank and drive to the nearest spot, where ever that may be, to allow my mind to rest, and allow my inner child out to play.
Will you join me? Will you make the commitment to allow your inner child out at least once a month? Will you be the person I meet at the water fall or the amusement park? Will you be at the park laying a blanket looking up into the sky and giggling at the art you see formed in the clouds? Come on, let me see you smile!
Monday, March 24, 2008
P.S. To My Dear Friend....Listening is an art of the heart!
I will not name this blog until it is finished...
I had an interesting phone call today. A wonderful man with whom I have a great deal of respect therefore, his name I will not reveal, as our conversation is meant to stay between the two of us. I will tell you this though...When someone calls you out of the blue and says they are having an off day, or just need someone to talk with, take it to heart...don't joke, to change the mood, as you feel this will make them feel better. Be solid. Be real. Be there in that moment, with them. Most times this is all that is required in "helping" anyone. Listening is an art of the heart! It requires nothing more than an ear, with a touch of sincerity, and a pinch of love. Perhaps even a tad of empathy/sympathy for the other persons present situation.
My friend and I closed our call with laughter and insight. He no doubt doesn't realize how much he helped me today, just by calling to say "hello, how are you doing?" It meant the world to me to hear those words..."hello, how are you doing?" Simple little words to say, yet the power in them is just fantabulous! < (not a typo)
He won't know that by calling to confide with me, how the trust factor from my previous blogs has truly opened up in such a way as to say to me..."Perhaps I am getting the point across as I had hoped I would". He won't know that he totally made my day! Trust...It feels so good. (smiles)
Being sincere in our writing, whether of blogs, or articles, is so very important. Maintaining that trust once it has been given, and holding dear to that trust as though it were a new born baby, is priceless. Keeping that trust close to your heart at all times is a necessity in any relationship. As dear as we hold our names, and reputations, in the course of branding ourselves, so too, must we hold dear to our friends in trust.
P.S.
To my dear friend, if you read this, just know that I so enjoyed our conversation. I look forward to hearing from you again! (smiles)
P.S.S
To my other dear friends, did I title this blog correctly?
I had an interesting phone call today. A wonderful man with whom I have a great deal of respect therefore, his name I will not reveal, as our conversation is meant to stay between the two of us. I will tell you this though...When someone calls you out of the blue and says they are having an off day, or just need someone to talk with, take it to heart...don't joke, to change the mood, as you feel this will make them feel better. Be solid. Be real. Be there in that moment, with them. Most times this is all that is required in "helping" anyone. Listening is an art of the heart! It requires nothing more than an ear, with a touch of sincerity, and a pinch of love. Perhaps even a tad of empathy/sympathy for the other persons present situation.
My friend and I closed our call with laughter and insight. He no doubt doesn't realize how much he helped me today, just by calling to say "hello, how are you doing?" It meant the world to me to hear those words..."hello, how are you doing?" Simple little words to say, yet the power in them is just fantabulous! < (not a typo)
He won't know that by calling to confide with me, how the trust factor from my previous blogs has truly opened up in such a way as to say to me..."Perhaps I am getting the point across as I had hoped I would". He won't know that he totally made my day! Trust...It feels so good. (smiles)
Being sincere in our writing, whether of blogs, or articles, is so very important. Maintaining that trust once it has been given, and holding dear to that trust as though it were a new born baby, is priceless. Keeping that trust close to your heart at all times is a necessity in any relationship. As dear as we hold our names, and reputations, in the course of branding ourselves, so too, must we hold dear to our friends in trust.
P.S.
To my dear friend, if you read this, just know that I so enjoyed our conversation. I look forward to hearing from you again! (smiles)
P.S.S
To my other dear friends, did I title this blog correctly?
Friday, March 14, 2008
Able 2 B U With effort in team work!
When Jim Cobb wrote these wonderfully stated words, I felt a compassion begin to rise in me that I haven't felt in a very long time. Jim, in his bottom line... "The bottom line here is. If you are not paying it forward then you are not a team you are one. Being one, one person, without a team in today’s Internet marketing world will most likely lead you toward a fatal ending in your business" ... drives the point home of team work. Simple, factual truth. As a team we conquer the quest of unity. Therefore, we, as a team bring home the last batter in the batters box. We pay forward with the hopes that those who come on board with us will do the same. After all, that is what paying forward is all about.
Three, giving something to three, who in turn give to three more, and so on and so on. Awesome indeed! Having said that, I would like to share a bit of a tip with all of you...One link, is worth more than a thousand articles one person could ever write.... Go Team!! Don't leave the last batter in the box.....get him home safely and soundly. Do this with love in your heart for your team, not for self. There is no "I", in TEAM. Only WE can make a huge difference in how our game is won. So let the games begin my friends! Go out there with a zest to conquer. And always with the means of being Able 2 B U!
You matter, to your team. When you do for yourself with the key issue in mind of helping your team, you are achieving beyond yourself. As a wise man once said...(Coach Jim Cobb) so eloquently, to all of his students, "One must die to self in order to be a part of any team". "I", no longer matters without "we, us, our," ability to give to others.
Hope this makes you all smile!
Three, giving something to three, who in turn give to three more, and so on and so on. Awesome indeed! Having said that, I would like to share a bit of a tip with all of you...One link, is worth more than a thousand articles one person could ever write.... Go Team!! Don't leave the last batter in the box.....get him home safely and soundly. Do this with love in your heart for your team, not for self. There is no "I", in TEAM. Only WE can make a huge difference in how our game is won. So let the games begin my friends! Go out there with a zest to conquer. And always with the means of being Able 2 B U!
You matter, to your team. When you do for yourself with the key issue in mind of helping your team, you are achieving beyond yourself. As a wise man once said...(Coach Jim Cobb) so eloquently, to all of his students, "One must die to self in order to be a part of any team". "I", no longer matters without "we, us, our," ability to give to others.
Hope this makes you all smile!
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